To:V. D. BONCH-BRUYEVICH[1]

Published:First published in 1958 in the book:Slavniye Bolshevichki(Outstanding Bolshevik Women), Moscow.

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	  Collected Works,

      Progress Publishers,1975,

      Moscow,Volume 44,

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DearVladimir Dmitrievich,

Onlythis morning I heard the awful news. I cannot
travel to Moscow, but I should like, if only in a letter, to grip
your hand hard, very hard, to express my love and the
love of all of us for Vera Mikhailovna, and to give you at
least a little support, insofar as anyone can do so, in your
terrible grief. Take good care of your daughter’s health.
Once more, a strong, firm handshake.

Yours,V. Lenin

[1]Thisletter to V. D. Bonch-Bruyevich was written in connection
with the death on September 30, 1918, of his wife, V. M.
Velichkina-Bonch-Bruyevich, a member of the Board of the People’s
Commissariat for Health.